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Small heads in Phrygian caps from Les Bolards

Two small heads in Phrygian caps, possibly belonging to a tauroctony of Mithras, together with a fragment of a bull's foot and the mouth and neck of the dog, found at the Mithraeum of Les Bolards (ancient Venetonimagus) in Lugdunensis.

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Oceanus-Saturn of Santa Prisca

The fragmented tauroctony of the Mitreo di Santa Prisca rests on the naked figure of a bearded man, probably Ocean or Saturn.

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Tauroctony from Naples

The marble relief of Mithras killing the bull in Naples bears an inscription that calls the solar god omnipotentis.

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Tauroctony fragment from Dolna-Malina

Marble tauroctony relief fragment from near Dolna-Malina, Thracia, depicting part of Mithras as bull-slayer together with Cautopates; no further details are available.

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Tauroctony relief from Callatis

Three white marble tauroctony fragments from Gànt la Mangalia, ancient Callatis in Moesia Inferior, depicting part of the standard bull-slaying scene.

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Lost altar from Carevac

Lost altar from Carevac in Glamoč Polje, Dalmatia, dedicated to Deo invicto Soli Mithrae.

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Altar of Sisimbrius from Carevac

Altar from Carevac in Glamoč Polje south-east of Jajce, Dalmatia, dedicated to Invicto by Sisimbrius, erected by decree of the decuriones.

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Altar of Veturius Lucius from Konjic

Limestone altar from the Mithraeum at Konjic, Dalmatia, dedicated to Soli invicto Mithrae by Veturius Lucius.

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Rock Mithraeum at Nefertara

Mithraic sanctuary in a steep rock face called Preslica at Nefertara near Plevlje, Dalmatia, described as carved into the cliff above a ravine with a carved tauroctony scene.

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Altar of Sextus Baberius Ianoarius from Plevlje

Limestone altar from the ruins of ancient Plevlje, Dalmatia, walled into the well of the local barracks, dedicated to Soli invicto sacrum by Sextus Baberius Ianoarius.

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Altar of Lusius Trofimas from Narona

Altar found at Vid near Metković, ancient Narona in Dalmatia, dedicated to Invicto deo Soli by the freedman Marcus Lusius Trofimas.

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Altar of Comitius from Danilo Gornje

Stone altar fragment from Danilo Gornje near Šibenik, Dalmatia, bearing a dedication to Deo invicto by Comitius.

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Altar of Caius Secundulus from Burnum

Altar in poor-quality lettering from Burnum, Dalmatia, dedicated to Soli invicto by Caius Secundulus; the Mithraic interpretation is not entirely certain.

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Altar of Lucius Lucceius from Vitalj

Limestone altar found on the summit of Monte Vitalj near Prozor, Dalmatia, in 1900, dedicated to Soli invicto deo by Lucius Lucceius; the epithet rupe nato may be present in line one.

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Rock-cut Mithraeum near Prozor

Natural rock enclosure at a quarter-hour's walk from Veliki Vitalj near Prozor, Dalmatia, used as a Mithraic sanctuary, with a tauroctony carved directly into the rock.

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Mithraic assemblage from Vitalj mountain

Altar and a relief of a figure tearing a lion to pieces, found along the Otočac–Gospić road near the mountains Veliki and Mali Vitalj, Dalmatia; the tauroctony interpretation of the lion-tearing relief was subsequently disputed.

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Inscription to Deo invicto Soli from Rohr im Kremstal

Inscription from Oberrohr, Noricum, walled into the right of the north porch of the parish church, recording a dedication to Deo invicto Soli.

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Tauroctony statuette from Halle an der Saale

Small bronze statuette recovered from the river Saale near Burg Giebichenstein in 1900, depicting Mithras as bull-slayer without a Phrygian cap; the left leg is lost.

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Smaller finds from Capua Mithraeum

Miscellaneous finds from the middle of the Mithraeum of Capua, including a terracotta antefix with centaurs, basins, marble bases, lamps with a Sol head, and coins of M. Aurelius and Constantine.

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Sepulchral inscriptions from Lycaonia

Sepulchral inscriptions from Lycaonia bearing the titles leo and aetos, previously interpreted as Mithraic grades but now understood as referring to tomb architecture.

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